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January 15th, 2007 at 4:54 am
Picked the book up on a walk through the Tate and with my new membership card, a Xmas gift. Opened up at a couple of places and was struck by how down to earth and readable it all was. Flu-ridden this past weekend your book was a tonic and a joy (if a little weighty on the knees) and I read through with an excitement and enthusiasm I hadn’t felt for anything in a while. Thought provoking, inspiring - a good way to begin 2007. Thanks.
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Hi there.
The book is a great read, and is up there along with Negropontes - Being Digital -.
I am involved in researching sound, and its use as sound design, sonification and sonic interface design, so this book is a very interesting collection of people. well done !
March 15th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Especially now in a world where technology is taken for granted, its refreshing to take a look back at the fundamentals of how people interact with technology and the world around them.
The book is a wonderful addition to the world of literature on interactive design, but the DVD that accompanies the book helps bring to life many of the amazing ways that designers have been able to make life more enjoyable through the use of technology and interactive devices.
Most importantly, however, is the focus on the end user. Over and over again we find that consumer enjoyment from using well-conceived products is the best justification for successful design.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
What day is it? ….still reading and loving every minute of it!
May 1st, 2007 at 7:45 pm
This is awesome! It is the “Chinese Theatre” showcase of STARS of design interaction. I love to see all my favorite minds meld onto one Web site, DVD, and book. The videos are wonderful. Thank you so much…if I had known what to wish for in a book, this would have been exactly it. Thank you!
August 1st, 2007 at 7:48 am
Hello Mr. Moggridge,
thanks so much for putting together such an amazing history of interaction design. Masterfully illustrated by all the interviews, it’s a brillant piece of information that inspires in different levels, from the absolute begginer, who learns how interaction design came into being to the masters who recall all the cases.
I just have one request for future prints. Please review the notes section. It’s a matter of interaction! You have space on the page to bring them together with the main text… referring back to check the notes in such a heavy book all the time is quite tiring.
all the best
Vitorio
September 10th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Fantastic book - right in the league of Tufte’s work. Insightful observations with a free trip down memory lane! I’ll leave a full review on Amazon when I finish the remaining 200 pages!
In short, I’d pay four times as much for this book without blinking an eye.
October 14th, 2007 at 9:12 am
maybe a mistake in page 683
I am chinese student, in page 683 Bill Moggridge rexcerpted a sentence
” What I hear, I forget.
What I see, I remenber.
What I do, I understand.”
this sentence is translated from chinese philosopher XUN ZI [荀子]’s work Ru2 Xiao4 Pian1《儒效篇》.
not from the other great philosopher Lao Tse.
there are some link:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/55/messages/669.html
XUNZI in wiki:
http://surfor.info/index.php?hl=f5&q=uggc%3A%2F%2Fra.jvxvcrqvn.bet%2Fjvxv%2FKha_Mv
please change it maybe in next edition.
By the way again: it’s very good book, maybe the best book for student who intersting in interaction design!
October 16th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
this is the best idea - putting the book on-line. I found out about it in May 2007 and it’s been a love affair of chase the chapter ever since; eagerly awaiting each chapter as it becomes accessible - moaning to my team members when I forget and miss one; trying to remember to catch it again as it becomes available once more. If I had the time to read the book all the way through it might be frustrating, but honestly small savored doses are preferred it’s perfect. Today I have finally managed to view chapter 5, which has alluded me for 3 rotations - and that completes all the chapters! I hope another book is presented on-line like this again sometime. It’s been a lot of fun.
December 12th, 2007 at 7:09 am
A seminal work. This book is brillant. Picked it up in MoMA San Fran.
The background stories behind the screen your looking at, the desktop environment, the keyboard your tapping on, the mouse your currently moving, the search engine you might be using and the possible futures of where this stuff is going….
make your head hurt…
great work.
gary
www.ion.ie